intractable
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She comes to the panel’s table highly prepared with data-based talking points, forcing her often intractable co-hosts to engage and listen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
Scientists used a new error correction strategy to encode 70 logical qubits and tackle a problem considered classically intractable.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
The Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the drug from Revolution Medicines on Wednesday marks a milestone in treatment of one of the most intractable kinds of tumors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
It’s one of those intractable “it depends” questions in personal finance, because it’s a percentage of your overall income, and that’s different for everyone.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 29, 2026
The gridlock in the parking lot was so intractable that, even though the races ended at 6:30 P.M., it would be well into Sunday morning before everyone got out of the track.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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